Correct nourishment during pregnancy is one of the most important requirements for successful pregnancy process and childbirth, because nutritional support is not only for mum, but also for baby. Daily food allowance has to have enough quantity of proteins, vitamins and microelements in comparison with nourishment before pregnancy.
Proteins are so called basic build materials. During pregnancy proteins provides baby development, placenta and womb progress, mammary (lactiferous) gland and breast development, and also reserve things that will be used during breastfeeding.
The daily amount of proteins should be not less than 100 grams during first half of pregnancy and about 120 grams at the second half. Animal origin proteins and vegetable proteins proportion should be 50/50. Pregnant woman need to eat 100-150 grams of low fat meat (chicken or fish), and also milk or dairy-sour foodstuff at least 0.5 liter, cheese, cottage cheese and eggs. These all foodstuff consist of easy digestible proteins, amino acids in optimal proportions.
Fats – are energy source. Additionally fats take part prostaglandin development process. Prostaglandins are stuff that responsible to improve cardiovascular and digestive systems, and have positive influence during childbirth procedure.
Daily portion of fats should be about 80 grams, and approximately 30 grams from 80 should be vegetable fats. We recommend you to use sunflower, olive, nuts and corn oil and high quality butter and melted butter.
Do not use combined fats, margarines, lard and something similar to these foodstuff.
Carbohydrates – the energy basic source for humans during metabolism processes. When it is not enough carbohydrates, the body starts to use proteins and consequently less stuff goes to baby, and the development process become worse. The body resistances become low, and nervous system goes down.
Normal quantity of carbohydrates should be about 350 grams per day for the first part of pregnancy, and 400 grams for the second part. After giving birth you should decrease carbohydrates portion and total calorie content.
The used carbohydrates have to be so called good carbohydrates. You can find it the following foodstuff that rich with cellulose: brown bread (rye bread) made of rough grinding flour, crops, vegetables, fruits and berries.
We name sugar, sweets, white bread and rolls, spaghettis the “bad” carbohydrates, and you need to reduce the usage of these foodstuff.
Vitamins are very essential for pregnancy process and as a final result to have a healthy baby. Vitamins are taking care of biochemical and physiological processes in the body.
It is especially important for future moms to take enough vitamins, because even at the most balanced and rational nourishment we observe deficiency of vitamins in majority times. That is why experts recommend to use multivitamins during pregnancy.
